Constitutional Court

Spain's Constitutional Court postpones decision on judicial reform, while Congress debates it

With the adjournment until Monday, the Court has stepped back from the brink of a constitutional crisis, for the moment

Spanish Constitutional Court to meet urgently just before Congress's Thursday vote to reform it

A constitutional power struggle is playing out in Spain as judges meet over the government's reform of their deadlocked court

Spanish government presents Penal Code amendments to force judges to end deadlock

Pedro Sánchez executive seeks to end latest judicial power deadlock, on new Constitutional Court judges, via a law change

Constitutional Court backs Llarena's request to lift immunity of Puigdemont and Comín

The Spanish judges reject Catalan MEPs' appeal as the request is already granted and the case is now with the EU courts

Constitutional Court rejects Catalan exiles' appeal but again admits their MEP status

Appeal by Puigdemont and Comín against decision of JEC was rejected precisely because they are now MEPs

Constitutional Court to examine Llarena's initiative to waive Puigdemont's immunity

As Friday's EGC hearing was underway, Spain's Constitutional Court announced it would discuss a related matter this Tuesday

Appeal ruling by Spain's Constitutional Court affirms that Puigdemont and Comín are MEPs

Constitutional judges back the Catalans' MEP status in appeal, shortly after the Spanish electoral commission raised doubts

Òmnium to argue case for Catalonia's new language laws at Constitutional Court

Catalan cultural body plans to defend new school language policies which halted judicially-ruled 25% Spanish quota

Ex-speaker Torrent tells trial that Constitutional Court can't prohibit parliamentary debate

With Josep Costa having abandoned the trial, the other 3 ex-members of Catalan chamber's Bureau only answered their lawyers

Judges send Catalan language measures that avoided 25% Spanish to Constitutional Court

Catalan High Court asserts that two language norms adopted in Catalonia this year don't respect the officiality of Spanish

Severe critique for judge Marchena's sentencing of the Catalan leaders' trial

Dissenting opinion from Spanish Constitutional Court judge Sáez Valcárcel is strongly critical of Supreme Court sentence

Constitutional Court sums up jurisprudence on Catalan leaders: all appeals rejected

Divided court rejects last appeals from Bassa and Forn, backing the Supreme Court's basis for sedition sentences

An even-more-divided Constitutional Court rejects Junqueras and Romeva appeals

Two constitutional judges question removal from office of Catalan president Torra

Judges Xiol and Sáez argue that Torra's banning from office was not proportionate to the offence committed

Divided court turns down Quim Torra's appeal on 'political prisoners' banner case

Two judges dissented as Constitutional Court majority rejected Catalan ex-president's appeal

Spanish Constitutional Court rules out recusing new judges in independence case

Podemos says it "did what it had to do" in vote on Spain's new constitutional judges

Pro-independence boycott of vote on Spanish Constitutional Court nominees

More irregularities emerge around PP candidate for Spanish Constitutional Court

Two dissenting Spanish judges see Forcadell's sentence as "disproportionate"

Final Spanish 'no' allows Forcadell to appeal sedition sentence in Strasbourg

Spain's second state of alarm for Covid was also unconstitutional, says divided court

Spanish government and PP partially break their deadlock on judicial renewal

Spain's Constitutional Court says Puigdemont arrest warrant remains in force

Spanish court admits PP and Vox appeals against reform of unrenewed judicial organ

Spanish judge denounces "drift" of Constitutional Court in outspoken critique

Divided ruling by court says Spain's major 2020 lockdown was unconstitutional

"Unconstitutional": Spanish government to take Catalonia's rent control law to court

Court breached rights of Sànchez and Cuixart, say dissenting Spanish judges

Calling a bullfighter "a murderer" not justified by free speech, rules Spanish court

The two dissenting Spanish judges return, in Josep Rull's case

Josep Rull, second Catalan prisoner to take appeal to Europe after final Spanish 'no'